"Two decades after Afrika Bambaataa first declared himself a renegade of funk, Finless Brown has picked up the gauntlet thrown down by that rap forebear." - Jason Bracelin, Cleveland Scene "How can one be smitten without exactly knowing what is being said?" -Marisha R., 30 music.com Finless Brown is a six-piece live hip-hop band based in San Francisco, CA by way of Japan, Santa Cruz, Oakland, San Francisco and Cleveland, OH, where the band spent the last 2 years performing before relocating to California. The members of Finless Brown are from various musical backgrounds including jazz, rock, classical, hip-hop, soul, and reggae. Finless Brown has found a unique way to call upon these influences to formulate a fun and innovative sound. Fronted by the husband and wife duo of Paulie Rhyme and bilingual singer/emcee Moto, Finless Brown promotes having a good time, thinking a little, and stepping outside of the box when making music. In 2003, Finless Brown released "The Browntown Ep", which received airplay not only stateside, but in France, Belgium, England, and Japan. Their first full length cd, "Next Caper", which features production from 4th Disciple of Wu Tang and Dj Lord Jazz of the Lords of the Underground, will be released on November 16th through Browntown Wreckords (CA, OH, and select overseas markets intially with an international retail release in February of 2005 ), followed by the 12" release of the songs,"Stand Up b/w Long Time Ago", on NYC's Dank Funk Recordings.